~WOMEN ONLY: FOLK ART by FEMALE HANDS/last week
while we are at – this is the last week to catch:
‘Women Only: Folk Art by Female Hands’ – extended thru SUN SEPT 19, 2010 !!
curated by STACY C. HOLLANDER, SENIOR CURATOR
AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM – 45 WEST 53rd ST – NYC
read more about the exhibit, here !!
included in the exhibit:
CREWL BEDCOVER
Artist unidentified, New England or New York State
1815-1825
Wool with embroidery, 100 x 84 in.
American Folk Art Museum, gift of Virginia Esmerian, 1995.32.1
GIFT DRAWING: A REWARD OF TRUE FAITHFULNESS FROM MOTHER LUCY TO ELEANOR POTTER
Polly Ann (Jane) Reed, (1818-1881), New Lebanon, New York
1848
Watercolor and ink on paper, 11-3/8 x 10-1/2 in. (sight)
American Folk Art Musuem , promised gift of Ralph Esmerian , P1.2001.302
IMAGES/COURTESY: AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM